Smoking-tobacco container



Y UfiE y The principal objeet oi? thisinventioni'to f provideV a tobacco Gontainer'that iSea'pable of holding the tobacco in thetop portion of; n the container,V regardless of 5 tobacco inthe container.

More speoiieally, the o bj ectV4 of ehisfifivni tion'is to proyidefatobaeco Container comi- 'prlslng'the ordinary metal @inthe-paper.

-package for holding the'fto'baecoinside the thepackagefof'tobaeco at any elevation in# side-the can to provide a means o'velevating a package of smokingtobaeeoinf a tobacco can thatl is f economical in'manufacture andfdurable in Y s'fel'eyatedand held-fas the'tobaoeoisusedfup,.7 the tobacco .Willfalwaysj-lberinr -theupp'erjipo the Construction,

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' vMy invention consists i arrangementand combination of the `various templated are Vattained as .here inaft'er"more -fully setzforth, pointed" outl injmy /olaimfan'd illustrated in 'in'whichr f l Y. Fig. l is a side sectional lView of theordi-y nary tobaceo can .and villustrates the man` inside'the Can at yVarious elevationsr f i@ I Fig. 2 is a front View of the ordinary smoke ing tobacco can with used therewith. Y 1

ig. V3 is a1-ear view ofjoneofthe hook members for holding the package of tobacco 40' can., Y ig. 4c is members and more.- fullyA illustrates-Tits. lcon'-V Struetiolll I vside the metal can.

Most of the pipesinoking tobaeoo is sold long can containers., similarfto the one shown in Figgland llheftobae'co'istightly STATES the amount l A still furtherobjeet ofi-'this inyentionis These"andfother objects will be apparent to parts ofthe device, whereby the objectsicon-1 A i ner in Whichmyiinyention holds@ the paelfage of tobacco' my invention rbeing Sdeview of meer thshoka Y Fig; 5 is a front view of one ofthe hjooklj members secured to fa portion oftliep'apeig package `for holding. thefsinokingjtobacbo-in# V if y bacoget's .low until the package; 1 3: is' Comf packednrihesecansfadmustbei samedi-ff the ordinaryltobacooanzvhavingifthelid1p1.

portion Whenthe hook member was made.; These arms passthroughthegwrapperandare clinched on the inner side of the Wrapper 8 5 bybeingbent either awayrfromeach other` Y f-JortoWard eachother,l -s'Thisis doneby suit-*1 f fable machinery beforethewrapper isplaced 'aroundtheitobacc'oL f f The operation of my inventionis easilyzo f -f Y the package'llgis manuallyraised until the. upper hook/member engages Athe upper ymarl iginaledgeof the can v1l' and the 110W'unnec-QV essaryfupperportion ofthe wrapper torn oil.y This procedure lisv repeated'eachftime the to# The numerall2designates the@smoking-:toe

per byarmsyor clasps 16 out out ofthebase nnderstood; 'When the tobacco becomes low,

, the'marginal edge.V lThe closing of the lid also tends toclam thehook member on the e rtion and the point where the arms extend t rough the wrapper. The reason for this is `wide, the package of tobacco will bev preventedv from any lateral swin 'ng movel `nent in the can. The hook mem ers should 'be made of suitable material-such as sheet i metal, in order that they willyieldingly and Y p frictionally engage both sides of the nm of the can and yieldingly hold the package of vtobacco from accidentally being elevated in the can,which.often happens when thecan isturnedy upsidey down to` pour out the tobacco; When the iid 11 is closed thehook l member, engaging the marginal edge of the ^an, is securelyv held from detachmentwwith marginaledge of t e can. n

- Some changes may be made in the construci ion and arrangement of my improved tobacco container Without departing vfrom the real i spirit and lpurpcmse of my invention and it is my intent-ionto cover by my claim any modi-v n fied-forms ofy structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope;

Iiclaimz- In combination with a tobacco container, `a

paper package for holding tobacco inside'contailler-,5a plurality of base members spaced apartV and secured vertically on saidy apex", Y ackag'e, and a'hook member onl each 0 said v Y supporting said paper packageat variouselef vations insides'aid tobaccocontainer." 

